La Falize · Chardonnay 2023

Domaine de la Falize

Owned by Frédéric de Mevius, heir to the historical shareholders of the brewing giant AB InBev, the Domaine de La Falize, in Rhisnes (Namur province), comprises 200 hectares of woodland and arable land. Within it, a micro-vineyard of 2.4 hectares cultivated, like the rest of the estate, in organic and biodynamic methods (Demeter certification was obtained in 2021). The first Chardonnay vines were planted in 2012 and various plots were added in 2015, with one of them a bold choice of grape variety: Savagnin, an emblematic grape variety of the Jura, intended to produce an orange wine.

As soon as the project was launched, Frédéric de Mevius called on the expertise of Peter Colemont (Clos d'Opleeuw), whose Chardonnay is undoubtedly the most sought-after in Belgium, to handle the vinification of his nectars. He has also enlisted the services of Sylvain Pellegrinelli, the vineyard manager of Domaine Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet. In other words, excellence is the goal here, and nothing is left to chance to achieve it!

Chardonnay 

Manual harvest with direct pressing. Each plot is vinified separately before blending. Fermented and then aged for 1 year in French oak barrels, 20% of which are new. Six months of ageing in stainless steel vats. Unfiltered with minimal addition of sulphites.